Tiburon

Tiburon is a town in Marin County, California. The land was named by Captain Juan de Ayala in August 1775, as he saw a number of sharks near where he anchored his ship, the San Carlos. It became a presidio in 1834, and local railroad workers began to inhabit the area during the 1880s. In 1884, the town's first post office opened, and it was incorporated in 1964. It became a commuter and tourist town, linked to San Francisco to the south by the fast ferry. Tiburon had a population of 9,176 people in 2016.